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Mom's Library Location Page Guidelines

This page is intended to provide some guidelines as far as what information to put on a page that is relative to a specific location, be it country, state, region, county or city.

A special Thanks to Marieclassof86 for providing the content for the guidelines.

Locate a small image of the state flag or seal and place it on the page. Use an image that is around 100 pixels wide and 75 pixels high or set the HEIGHT and WIDTH attributes of the IMG tag.

Include some information about the location it self, such as the capitol or county seat, state bird, state motto, nickname, when it declared statehood etc.... What ever interesting fact you can find about the location.

Place an index of categories at the top of the page. The index should be links to the category header further down on the page. Suggested categories are:

Basic or Essential Links
Ethnic
Family Histories & Collections
Historical Societies
History & Map Links
Libraries & Book Sites
Military Links
Newspaper & other Media Links
Vital & Census Records
After the index, place a centered link to mom's library using the GCF club logo image as the link.

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  • The category headers should be centered, bold and underlined.
  • Category detail should be left justified.
  • Links are preferrably text but small images are ok to use as a link.
  • At the end of each category, there should be a link to the page index with the text "Return to Index".
  • Categories should be separated by a rule or a graphic line the full width of the page

    Listed below are suggested links you can include by category. Feel free to use them as you wish and/or add your own.

    Once you have completed the page and want to upload it to the library, email the html file to the club Webmaster

    BREAKDOWN BY CATEGORY **-where you see this symbol insert the two letter abbreviation for what ever state your page is about

    Basic or Essential Links -
    1.  Cyndi's List Page for that State
    2.  The State's Page of the USGENWEB
    3.  Everton's Listing of FHC for that state
    http://emh.everton.com/cgi-shl/cgiwinefd.exe?database=fhcUS&state=**
    4.  Lineages Genealogy Site :  For the State
    http://www.lineages.com/usa/state.asp?StateCode=**
    5.  Genealogy Helplist for the state( can be found from
    http://helplist.org/)
    6.  Genforum's page for that state  http://www.genforum.com
    7   Rootsweb State's Resources Site
    http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/**.html
    8.  Genealogy Links Page for your state(can be found at
    http://genealogylinks.net/usa/index.html)
    
    Ethnic Links
    This too will also vary by state I would include any African American,
    Jewish, German, Native American Cultural History Sites here
    
    
    Family Histories and Collections
    Include Families pages about the state or their family research in the state
    and State Research Collections
    
    Historical Societies
    Society Hill(find your states page here
    http://www.daddezio.com/society/hill/index.html)
    You prob. will find alot using a search engine and searching for "(name of
    state) Genealogy"
    
    
    History & Maps
    you should find these via a search engine as they vary by state.
    You can find this one for just about every state
    look for your state at (http://www.livgenmi.com/1895)
    
    
    Books & Library Sites
    1.  Books we Own Site for the State( you can find the url from
    https://sites.rootsweb.com/~bwo/library.html#States)
    2.  I would include the State Library & Archives
    3.  Include the state page listing from the  http://www.publiclibraries.com/
    site
    
    Military Sites
    this list will vary by state...I would look for Civil War State page if it
    applies and WWI WWII Vietnam & Korean Conflicts
    
    Newspaper & other Media
    1.  Genealogy Resources on the Internet page for the state--this will be the
    mailing lists that cover that state (you can find the link at
    https://sites.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html#USA)
    2.  Newspaper link page for that state (can find at
    http://www.usnewspaperlinks.com)
    3.  Another Newspaper online site(find the one for your state at
    http://www.hometownnews.com/)
    4.  State Newspaper Projects(check to see if your state has one at the
    following site http://toltec.lib.utk.edu/~spec_coll/newspaper/other.htm)
    
    Vital Records & Census Records
    1.  The State Vital Record Site (you can find it from
    http://www.vitalrec.com/)
    2.  The State Site of Cemeteries(you can find it from
    http://www.interment.net/us/index.htm)
    3.  The State Site of Census-Links(you can find it from
    http://www.censuslinks.com/)
    4.  The State Site of Census Online(you can find it from
    http://www.census-online.com/links/index.html)
    5.  The State's Census Transcription Project( You can find it from
    https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/)
    

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